Suspender-buckle.



PATEN'IED JULY 14, 1908.

NVEMTORS:

No. 893,266. I

' F. A.,& J, B. RUSS.

' SUSPENDBR BUCKLE.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 28 1907 WITNESSES.-

mm mm PATENT ostrichj FRIEND A RUSS, OF GREENWICH, AND JOHN B. RUSS 'OF DERBY, CONNECTICUT; SAID JOHN B. RUSS AssicNoR, BY MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, TO CHARLES H. WRIGHT, or NEWARK, NEW

JERSEY.

SUSPENDEB-gUGW.

No. sesecc.

Specification ofLetters Patent.

Patented July 14, 1908.

Application filed may #28, 19M. Elerial No. 876,222.

- Fsirfield and State of Connecticut, and

loss B. Ross, residing at Derby, in. the county of New Haven and State of Connectiout, both citizens of the United States, have invented s new and. useful Improvement in Suspendenfiuckles, of which the following is o specification.

Our invention relates to buckles, end more psrticulerly" to that class of the some whichere used on running webbing. 1

One of the. objects of our invention is to provide a device of this character wherein the web cttsched to the buckle without resorting to the expedient of sewing or stitching, and which'is capable of being strong in such it manner that the same is interposed between the buckle and garments to prevent any dampnessor moisture in the letter from coming into contact with the buckle, thereby producing what is known in the trade as e, rustless buckle.

- -Anothcr object of our invention is to pro du'cc a. buckle of such a. configuration that only a. rclstively smell amount 'of metal is required, s minimum amount of scrap produced, and which can be made out of two pieces of metal in eminimum number of operations. n

With these and. other ob'ects. in view, our invention consists in detsi s of construction and mennoi' oi" operation more fully described in the following description and accompsnying drawings in which like reference characters refer to corresponding arts.

In the drawings; Figure l is a. ront View of the buckle showing a. part of the Weblccking Even-sud portions of the web broken away; Fig. 2 a. lougitudinulsection taken. on line :c-x of L; Fig. 3 a similar view to Fig. 2 but showing the web-locking lover in its unclsmped or open position; Fig. 4 a. view of the hlonk from which the frame is msde Fig. 5 :1- bctt om plan View of the weblocking lever taken on line y of Fi 2; Fl 6 2;.ViGW of the blank shown in ig. 4 but showing an udditional means for clenching the webbing; and Fig. 7' is a control vei'tical "section of the buckle without the webbing and showing the web confining lip in its open condition.

The buckle generally com rises u back ironic A and a v.1eb;locl ing?ever B. The

frame Amey be made from ablank like that'- shownin Fig. 4 and consists of the. sheet metal back plate a having the forwardly turned side ears I), b, perforated at e cl The Web-locking lever B is made out of z s single piece of sheet motel, and bent to form a shield g and an agron d the latter having rcferably a serrate integral projectin trunnions f, f which letter are ournaled in e perforations c, c, of the side ears I), b respectively. The front portion or'shield of the lever is swelled outwardl or toothed edge e an the and has its lower edge h turned slifihtl in- I werdly. The lower portion of t eel; plate a is bent or struck up rearwardly en.- tirely across the plate forming the depressed portion i, and the lower-ed e is turned forwsrdly and sli htly upwerrlas clearly shown at Fig. 7, in order that it may be forced down into the position shown at Figs. 2 and 3, to cleuch and conceallthe extremity of a. webbin C. As will be clearly seen bv reference to igs. 2 and 3, the presence of t is depres sion 1 e06 crates with'the lower edge 1', of the lip on t 9 back plate to produce'acrimp in the Webbin at the upper terminus of the de ression, W rich serves tomore securely holii the webbing against accidental. releesement, and also enables the li to be brought into alincment with the webbing. The lower edge may be serrated, feathered or otherwise roughened to more securely clench the web, and if desired, teeth j may be struck up from the back plate to pierce the extremity of the webbing and clench the some down on the face of the plate behind the turned up edge j. One end k of the webbingC is com pressed and confined between the lip j and the body of the back frame a and the webbing thus attached to the frame passes upwardly and turns over the top edge of the samcnt Z and then runs into a downward reach m returning upon itself through the cast off I] runs upwardly bctwven the back plate and the web-locking lover into on upper reach'n. The upper edge e of the lever B co-ucts with the uppermost portion of the back plate a to lock, gri or clamp the running portionn of the web ing'to the underlying portion'thcreof before it runs over the top edge of the plate, and the lower edge hof t c front shield got the lever co-octs with the lower )ortion of the back plate a to draw and strctc 1 the running portion of the webbing tightly over the underlying portion disposed over the front face of the back plate. By passing that portionof the webbing ad jaeent to its confined extremity over an edge of the frame as at l causes the webbing to be frictionelly engaged by said edge-and relieves the strain at the confined extremity, thereby assisting in securing the webbing to; the buckle.

The attaching of the extremity of the web bin to the lower portion of the front-of the bee plate and the drawing of the same over the top ed e thereof firmly secures the same to the hue 1e and causes the lower edge of the frame A to swing forwardly free from the downward reach in out of the vertical plane of the letter over the bottom edge 71 of the front shield g of the lever When the lever is locked and the webbing is under tension the latter is drawn or stretched tightly from its extremity over' the front of the plate a thereby presenting a frictional surface substantially flush with the turned up lower portion 7' clenching the webhing into the depressed ortion'i. The running portion n of the we hing when clamped by the upper edge e of the apron d of the'lever B draws upwardly on the edge portion e thereby causing the lower edge It of the shield 9 due to the lever acting as sa bell crank, to draw the runnin webbing rearwardlyover the bottom etge of the back late stretchin the webbing over the {lat 'rictional under ying surface heretofore men tioned. The running webbing thus disposed over the baeliplate and engaged by the zipper and lower e ges of the lever is securely locked by these three parts and the strain and. tension on the webbing distributed from the one part to the others until equilibrium is established thereby producing a well balanced device. 1

When the lever is unlocked as shown in Fig. 3 the -beck plate being substentielly flush gives a free assage to the running por- I tion of thewebbing between the same end the parallelsyrface of the top of the apron d.

Olenching the extremity of the webbing to the'lower front ortion of the back plate a dispenses With t e necessity offonning a loop around the back plate and sewin i1 the sametogether beneath the lower edge t ereof the latter 0 erati'on being much slower and more costlyt an clenching, and further the back plate being relatively narrow between its top and bottom edges permits a further economy in the length of thewebbing, and the clenching and concealing of the extremity of the webbing constitutes a selvcge and prevents any raveling thereof. The running portion ot the Webbing being locked against the underlying rearward portion along-the uppermost portion of the back p etc brings t e upper and lower reaches a,

mi into parallel planes immediately adjecent to each other thereby presenting a, substantially flat surface over; the rear of the senses and biitween the same and the garments. The clenching of the extremity of the webhing to the front oi the beck )lato also enables this plate to swin 7 clear 0 the lower reach m thus permitting t is same to run in n vertical plane instead of being, drawn forwsirdly with the lower edge of the plate which would be the result should the webbing be looped around the plate and sewed.

While we have found our improved buckle as especially advantageous for use in connection with suspenders and have therefore fully illustrated and described such use, it

will be obvious that it may be eniploycd for other uses to which it may be epplicnblc.

Having now described our invention whet we claim end desire to protect by lietlers Patent is:

1. As a new article oi inax'uifacture, a buckle providcd with menus for locking the running portion of a webbing and lugging: a depression in the lower portion of the back plate adapted to receive the extremity of a webbing, and a projecting ioldable lip for confining and concealing the end of such webbing, substantially as hereinhelore set forth.

2. The combination with e buckle for running webbing comprising a back plate and an angular lever 'ournaled across the front thereof, of a we having its running portion passing between said plate and lover, and its extremity clenched to the front of said plate in the rear of said runnin Y portion and passed over the top edge of sai piste into a downward reach, the said lever being mounted to have its upper edge co-z ct with the uppermost portion of said plate to lock the running portion of the web, and the lower edge of said plate being free to swing forwardly above the lower edge of sold lever to draw the running portion of the web into frictional engsg eme'ht with the extremity thereof pnssingov'er the front of the plate.

3. The combination with c webbing of n trensverselv disposed upturned web-gripping lip at the lower extremity thereof, the said lip being we ted to be pressed toward the body of said. reins to grlp the extremity of said webbing, said frame having a substantially straig it edge around which the at tached end of the webbing is drawn 4. A buckle for webbing comprising a sheet metal back plate having its lower ortion pro'ecting therelrom in the form 0 an integral lip adapted to be folded towards the body of said plate to confine and conceal the extremity oi such wehbiiig'r, combined with a web-locking lover, having a shield ends webloching: edge, the said shieldv having its lower buckle 1 portion terminating below the lower extremity of said back plate when the lever is in its dperative position.

5 A buckle for a webbing comprising a sheet metal back plate having forwardly turned side ears, the lower portion of said plate below said ears rejecting therefrom in the form of an integra lip adapted tobe folded towards said late so that its extremity will be embraced e't'ween said ears to confine and conceal the extremity of such webbing, combined with a web-locking lever mounted between said ears, the clamping e e of j which when in its operative position wi 1 lie the form of an inte ra adjacent to the upper edge of said back plate.

6. A buckle for a we sing comprising a sheet metal back plate having forwardly turned side ears, the lower portion of said plate below said ears rejecting therefrom in l lip adapted to be fold ed towards said ate so that its extremity will be embraced etween said ears to confine and concealthe extremity of such webbing, combined with web -locking means arranged to operate between said ears.

7. The combination with a buckle, comrising a sheet metal back plate and a weblbckin lever journaled across thefront thereo of running webbing strung .to' embrace the front and rear faces of said plate, the lower portion of the latter being bent for wardlyand upwardly and pressedtoward the body of said plate to confine and conceal the extremity of the webbing.

8. The combination with a webbing, of a buckle comprising a sheet metal back plate and a web-locking lever-journaled across the front thereof,the lower portion of said plate being bent forwardly and upwardly and pressed toward the body to confine and consaid webbing being strung from said extremity to embrace the upper 'edge of said plate,

but leaving the lower edge thereof free to swing forwardly against the front running portion of the webbing.

9. A buckle combined with webbing see cured thereto by turning over the lower'edge of the buckle fra'me'in the form of a'lip and swa ing the same down across the extremity of the webbin then passing the latter over the top edge'o the frame to form a substan-- tially flat and frictional surface on the front thereof, the running portion of the webbing passing upwardly in front of said surface and means for securing said running ortion in ltpcking engagement with the under ying weblng.

10. The combination .with a webbing of a' buckle for running webbing, comprising a sheet,metal frame and web locking means at the front thereof, the lower portion of said frame having an integral transversely disposed upturned webripping lip at the lower:

extremity thereof, the said lip being adapted to be pressed toward the body of said frame to grip, the extremity of said webbing, said" rame having ajsubstantially straighted 9 around which the attached end of the. we bing is drawn.

set our hands this 23rd day of May, A. D.

- FRIENDJA. RUSS.-

. JOHN B. RUSS.

Vvitnesses a STEPHEN J. LEONARh; DANIEL W, NoR'rHpP.

In testimony wher eof we have hereunto 

